5/03/2012

PICA = Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (Perth WA)


Perth Cultural Centre James Street
Western Australia Western Australia 6000
(08) 9228 6300
http://www.pica.org.au/
Hours:
Tuesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm

THREE MATTER-OF-FACT FACTS ABOUT PICA
1/ It is in the heart of the city - Open your heart!
2/ It is free - Free your spirit!
3/ It is good - My Goodness!

THREE SUPER-DUPER FACTS ABOUT PICA
1/ It is full of "exhibitionists". You know, people who stripe their souls and brains bare and display them on the wall, on the floor, from the ceiling, and so on.
2/ It is full of unusual pieces of art, on any sort of media you can imagine of.
3/ They also have art "talkalists". Those are a rare species of artsy people you rarely find elsewhere.

TEN REASONS TO VISIT the PICA
1/ You like Contemporary Art/s.

2/ You don't know what Contemporary Art is all about, but don't want to confess this to anybody, so better go and check something out: an exhibition, a show, a talk, whatever.

3/ You want to feel the magic of expanding your artistic horizons in a confined environment.

4/ You have a new somebody in your life who is artsy, and want a place to take and impress him/her without going bankrupt.

5/ You want to show the world that you are brave enough to visit a place that doesn't serve alcohol at midday and requires of your full senses to move around.That makes you officially hot! Can you handle your hotness?

6/ Did I mention the Art/s?

7/ You are leaving the country and have spare change for their gold-coin donation box. No gold? Dontawori, ozi coins are cool, too.

8/ Nobody will display a nosey attitude because you are wearing your flip-flops, micro-shorts, a stinky "unwashed" T-shirt at the gallery. They welcome the artsy-fartsy in you.

9/ You want to say hello to the lovely guys that work there.

10/ You want to get your official stamp, all over your face, as PICAchu, PICAdian or PICAmisù. Choose your adjective at pleasure, dude.

MANIFESTO
I swear I was not paid by PICA to write this oh-so-fabulous review. I do so out of pure l-o-v-e. However, one of those wonderful prints by Louisa Hansal, would be an invaluable addition to the bareness of my apartment's walls. Ahhh, day-dreaming is free, as everything at the PICA.

CURSE
If you reproduce this review without my permission, or mutate it to suit your needs without my permission, I swear to the Three Muses of the Arts that I will curse you so hard that you'll be frigid all over. You've been warned!